On 6/15/2010 10:30 AM, AlunFoto wrote:
But wasn't it mentioned earlier in this thread that outside Africa, most humans have genes traceable to neanderthals? If modern humans interbred with the neanderthals it makes them just another race. Which means that with racial differences taken _into_ account, "modern" humans assimilated/diluted/destroyed the neanderthal culture.
I am not entirely certain that genetic connections between neanderthals and cro-magnons have been established as a scientific fact... Perhaps it happened recently and I missed the news. Or perhaps it was yet another news-item is you know what I mean.
Whether it was by force or peacful coexistence can be up to anyone's fancy, but considering modern man's actions throughout the few thousand years we have of documented history (insofar as you can trust the storytelling of "sources" like the bible, greek poets, etc.), I'd lean towards force.
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